Unit 1 Week 4 Vocabulary & Comprehension

Story Vocabulary

100

What is an account of the author's personal experiences?

memoir

200

When someone shows spirit and courage, they said to be?

feisty

300

When something is sharp; often pointed fragments?

shards

400

When something is extremely hot or boiling; capable of burning?

scalding

500

When something has to be crush, grind, or pounded?

pulverize

Story Vocabulary

100

What flowed down like a waterfall?

cascaded

200

What work that proves or provides information about a claim?

documentation

300

When something has or is showing a lot of energy?

dynamic

400

When you make use of; makes a great or strenuous effort?

exerts

500

When something is falling at at fast rate of speed?

plummeting

Comprehension Questions

100

What might happen when a volcano erupts again?

 it will spew lava, burn everything the path of the lava, and plants and animals will starve to died because of lack food.

200

What are the main parts of the story that are essential to understanding the story?

key details

300

With the main idea of “Even though the last eruption was long ago, Mt. Vesuvius may still erupt again.”  What are some key details found in the story?

Possible key details include:

• our shoes crunched on cinders that had been dropped there long ago
• I knew it was only sleeping.
• Frequent tremors and small earthquakes prove that this monster is not dead.
• danger beneath their feet

400

With the main idea of “Scientists collect information to determine when the next eruption of Mt. Vesuvius might occur.” What are some key details found in the story?

Possible key details include:

• The probability grows with each passing year.
• To watch for geological changes within Vesuvius, we have set up seismographs on the slopes of its cone.

500

What is the main idea of a story do?

tell what the story is all about

Monster in the Mountain

100

What are the main idea and key details of this story about? 

Earth changes

200

What do we learn about Marta in this first section?

Marta saw newsreels of Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1944 and has been interested in volcanoes ever since.

300

What is the genre' for this story and what does it tell us about?

narrative nonfiction; tells a story about real people, settings, and events. It includes factual information as well as a narrator’s feelings and experiences.

400

What does the Essential Question tell us about this story?

how Earth’s natural forces affect the environment around Mount Vesuvius

500

What are three key details about the earth that we should already know?

• Earth has three layers: the crust (outermost layer), the mantle (middle layer), and the core (center of Earth).
• The crust is made up of solid rock.
• The mantle is made up of a thick layer of molten rock called magma

Into the Volcano

100

What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

to introduce the author and the topic the author’s memoir will focus on

200

Shield volcanoes have rift zones or weakened areas caused by earthquakes.  What are some key details relating to shield volcanoes? 

Kilauea has two rift zones—the Southwest Rift Zone and the East Rift Zone; Earthquakes weaken rift zones; and Magma can flow up through these rift zones.

300

Why does the movement of plates allow magma to come up from underground?

The movement produces cracks or gaps where magma can come through Earth’s crust, which is usually solid.

400

What are three different ways volcanoes can form?

They can form where plates meet, where they pull apart, and where there is a weak spot in a plate.

500

With the Main Idea:  Volcanoes form when and where magma reaches Earth’s crust.  What are the key details that relate to this main idea?

Subduction creates a volcano in the upper plate; A mid-ocean rift can create a volcano as two plates pull apart; and A hot spot creates a volcano over a weak spot in a plate.